Anybody who likes NASCAR understands the quote: “He didn’t knock you, he didn’t bump you, he didn’t push you … he rubbed you. And rubbin’, boy, is racin'”
Star Robert Duvall said those never-ceasing words, playing the imaginary team chief Harry Hogge (who all of us understand was the real-life Harry Hyde), in the NASCAR film Days of Thunder. And perhaps it was simply coincidence that movie’s other star, Tom Cruise, leapt off the roofing of the Stade de France in the Olympic closing event simply hours previously, due to the fact that something was certainly ‘in the air’ for that last reboot in Richmond on Sunday night.
Modern-day NASCAR has actually constantly had to do with the program as much as the sport, and this was among those events where the 2 butted heads. A late yellow sought to have actually cost Austin Dillon an essential Cup race win, and a treasured area in the playoffs, as Joey Logano drove around the beyond him to take the lead in the overtime reboot. “If he gets to him, there will be contact,” stated NBC’s chauffeur expert Jeff Buton.
And it happened, well, spin in Logano’s case, as Dillon waited up until he ‘d kipped down to Turn 3 to ram his rear bumper and send him turning into the wall. Now, Logano has actually definitely pulled so-called ‘bump-and-run’ relocations in his profession and is no diminishing violet. This was more of a ‘bump-and-fence’, as he spun into the Turn 4 wall, this was within that “rubbin’ is racin'” mantra.
Enjoy: Austin Dillon takes the checkered flag after bumps for the lead
What occurred next truly asked the concern if Dillon went beyond line of what’s appropriate. Similar to Burton, the following Denny Hamlin had actually anticipated what was coming, so he supported his entry to ensure he ‘d get an excellent exit on the low line to nab the win. With his spotter yelling “down, down, down, run him down, damage him!” Dillon had other concepts, and tugged his wheel hard delegated hook Hamlin’s right-rear quarter panel, which sent his 2nd victim into the fence.
From there, Dillon simply beat Tyler Reddick to the line– who offered him a rear-end slam of his own after the checkers, having actually seen Austin simply trash his group employer.
Let’s get something directly: The crowd on website enjoyed it. Despite the fact that Hamlin is a Virginia local, he’s ended up being something of a bad guy just recently for myriad factors. Logano, too, is somebody who’s never ever been in reverse in dispensing some on-track rough-housing.
While racing perfectionists required to their social networks channels of option to clutch their pearls, most of NASCAR fans in your house were whooping and yelping their approval of the entire drama.
Seeing the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet barge its method to triumph definitely provided Dale Earnhardt Sr. vibes– as ‘The Intimidator’ was renowned for his uncompromising racing design.